"Sorry Your Majesty, I accidentally let him sneak into the palace and disturbed you."
The sword-wielding knight bowed slightly to Emperor Reinhardt, apologizing.
Emperor Reinhard looked at the intruder restrained by his guard knights, smiled and waved his hands and said, "It's okay, you can go down."
The guard knight still hesitated, but the intruder wearing the mage's robe said: "Your majesty is a sixth-rank knight. At such a short distance, are you still afraid of me being a mage?"
This is a fact, mages are at an absolute disadvantage in a one-on-one duel with knights, especially when the distance between the two sides is close enough.
If the sorcerer who broke into the Phoenix Palace wanted to harm Emperor Reinhardt, at such a short distance, his head would be twisted off by the emperor who is a sixth-order knight as soon as he uttered the first syllable of the spell. .
"Hmph!" The guard knight glared at the intruder viciously, then withdrew his long sword, bowed to Emperor Reinhardt, and then quietly retreated.
"I heard that they all call you 'Mr. Zhe'?" Emperor Reinhardt poured himself another glass of red wine, and looked at the mage opposite him with a smile.
"It's just a title, you can call it whatever you want, Your Majesty."
Mr. Ji put down his hood, revealing a slightly pale and weather-beaten face. He walked up to Emperor Reinhardt and saluted respectfully.
Emperor Reinhard looked at the other party's impeccable court ceremony, and said with a smile: "It's been more than three hundred years, it's hard for you to remember how to salute."
"Of course I remember." Mr. Ji said seriously, "Don't dare to mention your surname. If you forget the etiquette, then what is the difference between our family and those ordinary people who don't know what to do?"
"Oh, the resentment is quite heavy." Emperor Reinhardt played with his taste.
"Don't dare. Your Majesty, our Saint Sean will always abide by our duty as a subject, unlike some people who get carried away when they are complacent, and regard His Majesty's favor as capital for usurping."
"Duty?" Emperor Reinhard seemed to have heard some big joke, "When the 'judge' of your family pierced the long sword into the back of the 'Dark Emperor' back then, did he also abide by his duty? "
"Your Majesty, no matter how pure the white sheep's blood is, there will inevitably be a black alien. You can't ignore the loyalty of the Saint Sean family for thousands of years because of the judge's betrayal.
Just as the domineering Prince Leahy alone cannot deny the status of the San Lorenzo family as a model knight. "
Reinhardt saw that Mr. Ji kept bringing the topic to Prince Leahy, so he couldn't help laughing: "Prince Leahy is my uncle, and he is also a powerful paladin. You think he is not qualified to be a role model for knights. ?”
"Your Majesty, if you want to become a role model for knights, you need not only strength, but more important virtues.
There is no doubt about the strength of Prince Lexi, but as a collateral branch of the San Lorenzo family, he is proud of his favor and has repeatedly occupied the banquet hall of the Phoenix Palace to hold birthday celebrations. "
"Mr. Xie, you took such a big risk to come to Phoenix Palace to meet me just to sow discord between me and Prince Lexie? If this is the case, hehe, then your Saint Sean family will continue to be silent for another three hundred years." Bar."
Facing Emperor Reinhard's ridicule, Mr. Xie still had the same calm attitude, as if nothing in the world could move him, and he just shook his head and said:
"No, Your Majesty, I'm actually here for the northern border."
"Northern border? Humph! I heard that you have made a big battle in the northern border! You even joined forces with trolls. Why, do you really think I can't kill you, a traitor of the human race?"
"Your Majesty, please don't get angry. Think about it carefully. I have been in the troll empire for so many years. Has the troll's strength increased or weakened?"
Emperor Reinhard shook the red wine glass in his hand, sneered disdainfully: "What? You still want to take the credit for Marquis Garcia's achievements?"
"No, Your Majesty, that's not what I mean. As far as the barrier to the north of the empire is concerned, the St. Hilde family is certainly well-deserved, and I dare not take credit for it.
I just want to tell you that trolls are just a knife in my hand, I have no feelings for them, let alone loyalty. "
"Then who is the knife in your hand going to cut at?"
"St. Hilde's family." Mr. Xie said without hesitation.
Emperor Reinhard did not show any surprise expression, obviously he knew it long ago.
"So, why did you come to see me?"
"I would like to ask you not to interfere in the upcoming war in the North."
"Hahaha..." Emperor Reinhard suddenly laughed, "Did you forget that the Duke of St. Hilde is the elder brother of the Queen? Why do you think that I will sit by and watch you, a descendant of a former traitor? Stealing authority in the North?"
In the face of Emperor Reinhard's questioning, Mr. Xi seems to have a well-thought-out plan.
He slowly took out a scroll from the large mage robe, and handed it to the emperor respectfully.
Emperor Reinhard showed a hint of doubt, but still took it with his own hands.
When I opened it, the scroll was filled with dense elven writing.
Of course, Emperor Reinhard, who had received a strict court education, could understand Elvish, but the more he read it, the more he frowned.
Mr. Xi stood with his hands tied, waiting quietly.
There was only the sound of steady breathing in the hall.
There is actually not much content in the scroll, but it took half an hour for Emperor Reinhardt to look at it. When he raised his head again, the frivolity on his face disappeared, and his tone became extremely solemn:
"How do you convince me it will work?"
Mr. Xi bowed again, and said lightly: "I will show it to you in the northern border, I just ask you to give me this opportunity. Moreover, I always believe that Prince Lexi is not qualified to hold a birthday banquet in the Phoenix Palace."
This time Emperor Reinhard did not speak. After pondering for a while, he finally nodded and said:
"Okay, I'll give you a chance."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" A smile finally appeared on Mr. Xi's skinny face.
"How many people have read this scroll?"
"Including you, three people."
Emperor Reinhard narrowed his eyes, and his sharp eyes were full of undisguised fear: "Who else is there besides you and me?"
Mr. Xi kept silent.
The atmosphere in the hall became more and more solemn, and heat waves visible to the naked eye were transpiring in the air.
Emperor Reinhard's eyes had turned golden yellow, and countless tiny golden lines covered his face, as if he had put on a golden mask.
The invisible coercion filled the hall, making people completely breathless.
Mr. Ji is like a small boat tossed in the turbulent waves, and it seems that he may be torn to pieces by the violent wind and waves at any time.
But his expression remained indifferent as usual, turning a blind eye to the threat of Emperor Reinhardt.
I don't know how long it took, but the storm suddenly calmed down.
The golden light faded quietly, and Emperor Reinhard returned to his original lazy and frivolous posture, as if everything just now was just an illusion.
"Okay, Mr. Zhe, I will give you a chance. I hope you can prove to me with facts that you are qualified to be the new Lord of the Northern Territory."
Only then did Mr. Xi let out a sigh of relief, obviously he was not as relaxed as he had shown just now.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
(end of this chapter)